MATTER OF CARL


184 Misc.2d 646 (2000)

709 N.Y.S.2d 905

In the Matter of the Adoption of CARL, an Infant.

Family Court, Queens County.

May 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale, Wind & Dale, L. L. C. (Pamela Nolan Dale of counsel), for petitioners.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN M. HUNT, J.

This adoption proceeding presents the novel issue of whether two adults who are unrelated by blood or marriage may jointly adopt a child who is not the child of either petitioner.

By petition filed on April 25, 2000 petitioners, Ann M. Wilson and John W. Foster, seek to adopt a child, Carl David Hall, who was born out of wedlock to Michelle A. Hall and an unknown...

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